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Caroline Koons

@koonscc

Assistant professor of communication at ERAU. rampant re-tweeter. music, antiquity, American culture, public speaking pedagogy. Twitter is my commonplace book.

 Prescott, AZ
Joined January 2012
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Feminist-Fan base, wise hive-mind, do any works by women composers for Holy Week come to mind? Here's one -- Julia Perry, Stabat Mater
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This Easter, as always, the 'Messiah' oratorio is in full play. But do you want to venture beyond Handel's masterpiece? Then check out our picks for 10 other great works for Holy Week. yourclassical.org/story/2018…
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It’s ok if you fall apart sometimes. S’mores fall apart, and we still love them.
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Today is Cherokee Nation Remembrance Day. 184 years ago today, one of the final groups of Cherokees arrived in Indian Territory after being forcibly removed from their homelands and enduring a perilous journey across the Trail of Tears. (1/3)
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If archaeologists are correct in their speculations, the discovery of the acoustic properties of ancient sites might recast the past anew through echo. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/i…
If Walls Could Speak: Echoes as a Link to the Past

If Walls Could Speak: Echoes as a Link to the Past

Both acoustic and metaphorical, echo evokes the void left by what had been and is no longer.

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Congratulations to 747, our 2022 #FatBearWeek champion! Though he may be blissfully unaware of his two titles, the gains are real. In the bear world, fat is fit and these chunky contenders have been working tirelessly to pack on the pounds necessary for survival.
A bear laying down in grass

ALT A bear laying down in grass

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Happy #FatBearWeek from rangers here at Katmai! Don’t forget to vote. Polls close at 5pm AKDT at fatbearweek.org. [Video: Opens with text on screen “Katmai National Park and Preserve” with National Park arrowhead. 14 rangers say “Happy Fat Bear Week”]
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i’ve been taking some notes
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“We’re going to make a documentary film about sound,” the filmmaker Sam Green announced as a live performance of “32 Sounds” featuring a score by JD Samson got underway. nyti.ms/3iH3vKy
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Fisk University Jubilee Singers poster bit.ly/2MUclZ5
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In Texas’ Huntsville, She Was Prison Royalty — Until a Family Feud trib.al/670FaYQ
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NPR Music
@nprmusic24 Jan 2022
SEA SHANTIES ! n.pr/3nSfszS
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We are just a bit excited to be launched oursubversivevoice.com today – our project website featuring 750 protest songs across 420 years, many in great detail, and everything from case studies and guest blogs to interviews with the likes of @billybragg
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "The death of a student should be important enough to be discussed carefully and remembered by anyone fancying themselves a part of a 'Penn State community.'" collegian.psu.edu/opinion/le…
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Jacobin
@jacobin3 Dec 2021
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage. His soul goes marching on.
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Open Culture
@openculture29 Nov 2021
Watch John Cage’s 4’33" Played by Musicians Around the World openculture.com/2021/11/watc…
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Today, eating leftovers counts as writing.
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Our first piece in the series is “Archives of Recorded Sound from the South and East Mediterranean: A Guide for Researchers” by Hazem Jamjoum hazine.info/archives-of-reco…
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We’re excited to introduce our Music & Archives in Research Series hazine.info/introducing-our-…
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The New York Times
@nytimes26 Nov 2021
Breaking News: Stephen Sondheim is dead at 91. One of Broadway’s most revered songwriters, he set the standard for the American musical. nyti.ms/3FQ9pm3
Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 (Published 2021)

Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 (Published 2021)

He was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century and the driving force behind some of Broadway’s most beloved and celebrated shows.

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Be A King
@BerniceKing13 Nov 2021
So many people haven’t listened to or read my father’s words beyond the end of ‘I Have a Dream’ and it shows.
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